Trivia
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04/13/16 01:22 PM
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Pandora
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Try your hand at these brain-busting trivia questions. Remember, please, that you may not google or use any reference sources for the first 24 hours of this thread.
-1. Who are the Tralfamadorians? -2. About how long does a 95 mph fastball take to travel from the pitcher to home plate? -3. In which country did Chess originate? -4. Where in the human body are the phalanges? -5. Which Greek mythological figures comprise the Gemini constellation? -6. Where is Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg? -7. What is in a "Mary Pickford?" -8. During the Battle of Bunker Hill, who proclaimed "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!"? -9. Ben Franklin is famous for his kite and key lightning experiments, but what other object did he try to electrify? -10. For a hamlet to become a town, what does it need?
The moon is actually more useful than the sun since the moon gives us light at night when it's dark. The sun only gives us light during the day when it's already bright out.
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Re: Trivia
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04/13/16 06:17 PM
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michele, try again. Sondi, that's close enough. It's in Webster, MA. They call it Webster Lake. The original is from an Algonquin Indian language called Nipmuc and translates as "lake divided by islands". jboliver, you're right! Rog That's more high school classroom than Ben Franklin.
The moon is actually more useful than the sun since the moon gives us light at night when it's dark. The sun only gives us light during the day when it's already bright out.
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Re: Trivia
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04/13/16 07:32 PM
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6. Ahh, too late I would have known that it's right up the street. 8. William Prescott
Last edited by GBC; 04/13/16 07:35 PM.
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Re: Trivia
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04/14/16 04:07 PM
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2. I get about .435 seconds 95 MPH = 139 feet per second (1668 inches per second) Distance from mound to plate = 60' 6" (726 inches)
Did you ever stop to think and then forget to start again?
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Re: Trivia
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04/18/16 12:58 AM
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1. Alien race in Slaughterhouse Five. It's been many years since I read that novel. I'm about due to read it again.
Bob As I've grown older, I've found that my memory is not as good as I used to think it was.
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